Jimmy dean - big bad john chords ver. 1 Chords & Tabs | Jimmy dean

Big Bad John:Jimmy (Ray) Dean. #1 Hot 100..#1 Adult Contemp..#1 Country in 1961. INTRO:

^FBig ^GJohn, ^FBig ^GJohn.. #1. ^GEvery morning at the mine you could ^Fsee him arrive, he stood ^Gsix foot six and weighed ^Ftwo forty five.

#2.

Kinda ^Gbroad at the shoulder and ^Fnarrow at the hip, and ^Geverybody knew you didn't ^Fgive no lip, to Big ^GJohn.

CHORUS:

Big ^EmJohn, Big ^CJo..^Dhn..Big bad ^GJohn.. ^FBig ^GJohn.

#3.

^GNobody seemed to know where ^FJohn called home, he just ^Gdrifted into town and ^Fstayed all alone.

#4.

He ^Gdidn't say much, kinda ^Fquiet and shy, and ^Gif you spoke at all, you ^Fjust said, hi, to Big ^GJohn.

#5.

^GSomebody said he came from ^FNew Orleans, where he ^Ggot in a fight over a ^FCajun Queen. And a ^Gcrashing blow from a ^Fhuge right hand, sent a ^GLouisiana fellow to the ^FPromised Land, Big ^GJohn.

CHORUS:

Big ^EmJohn, Big ^CJo..^Dhn..Big bad ^GJohn.. ^FBig ^GJohn.

#6.

^GThen came the day at the ^Fbottom of the mine, when a ^Gtimber cracked and ^Fmen started cryin'. ^GMiners were praying and ^Fhearts beat fast.. And ^Geverybody thought that they'd ^Fbreathed their last, 'cept ^GJohn.

#7.

^GThrough the dust and the smoke of this ^Fman-made hell, walked a ^Ggiant of a man that the ^Fminers knew well. Grabbed a ^Gsagging timber and gave ^Fout with a groan, And like a ^Ggiant Oak tree he just ^Fstood there alone, Big ^GJohn.

CHORUS:

Big ^EmJohn, Big ^CJo..^Dhn..Big bad ^GJohn.. ^GBig ^G#John.

#8.

^G#And with all of his strength he gave a ^F#mighty shove, then a ^G#miner yelled out, 'There's a ^F#light up above!' And ^G#twenty men scrambled from a ^F#would-be grave.. Now, there's ^G#only one left, ^F#down there to save..Big ^G#John.

#9.

^G#With jacks and timbers they ^F#started back down, then ^G#came that rumble way ^F#down in the ground. And then ^G#smoke and gas belched ^F#out of that mine.. ^G#Everybody knew it was the ^F#end of the line, for Big ^G#John.

CHORUS:

Big ^FmJohn, Big ^C#Jo..^D#hn..Big bad ^G#John.. ^F#Big ^G#John.

#10.

^G#Now, they never reopened that ^F#worthless pit, They just ^G#placed a marble stand in ^F#front of it. ^G#These few words are written ^F#on that stand.. 'At the ^G#bottom of this mine, lies a ^F#big, big man, Big ^G#John.'

CHORUS:

Big ^FmJohn, Big ^C#Jo..^D#hn..Big bad^G# John.. ^F#Big ^G#John.

OUTRO:

^F#Big ^G#John..^F#Big Bad ^G#John..(Fade.)

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Jimmy dean - big bad john - chords ver. 1 Chords & Tabs